Book lovers grabbing bargains at Swindon Book Company Ltd, Hong Kong’s oldest bookshop, which is shutting its Lock Road outlet in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP / Nora TamBook lovers grabbing bargains at Swindon Book Company Ltd, Hong Kong’s oldest bookshop, which is shutting its Lock Road outlet in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP / Nora Tam
Book lovers grabbing bargains at Swindon Book Company Ltd, Hong Kong’s oldest bookshop, which is shutting its Lock Road outlet in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP / Nora Tam
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Epidemic the last straw for bookshop

  • Swindon Book Company Ltd has been part of Hong Kong’s history for more than a century, but the impact of Covid-19 on top of last year’s social unrest has forced the close of its Tsim Sha Tsui store

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Updated: 1:36am, 2 Aug, 2020

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Book lovers grabbing bargains at Swindon Book Company Ltd, Hong Kong’s oldest bookshop, which is shutting its Lock Road outlet in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP / Nora TamBook lovers grabbing bargains at Swindon Book Company Ltd, Hong Kong’s oldest bookshop, which is shutting its Lock Road outlet in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP / Nora Tam
Book lovers grabbing bargains at Swindon Book Company Ltd, Hong Kong’s oldest bookshop, which is shutting its Lock Road outlet in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP / Nora Tam
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